Sentences with phrase «ancient hydrothermal»

Using infrared data collected at Mars by spacecraft, they can interpret which minerals are there and describe the geology of ancient hydrothermal systems.

Farmer helped select the landing site for Mars Pathfinder and thinks that the Mars Surveyor and Mars Odyssey spacecraft now in orbit have begun the job of meeting the first - stage requirements of finding potential ancient hydrothermal systems — for example, the Mars hematite site at Terra Meridiani.

SIGNS OF LIFE In rocks left over from ancient hydrothermal vents, these microscopic tubes of hematite, an ore of iron, may be remnants of early microbes.

These micrometer - scale structures are probably remnants of microorganisms that once lived amidst ancient hydrothermal vents, researchers suggest March 1 in Nature.

Not exact matches

Ancient impact craters on Mars were probably also home to hydrothermal activity, making them good places to search for signs of life, the team reports online February 19 in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.

Alkaline hydrothermal vents of this type are suggested to be the birthplace of the first living organisms on the ancient Earth.

This article was originally published with the title «Hydrothermal Vents Ocean Policy Ancient Greeks»

The discovery of evidence for ancient sea - floor hydrothermal deposits on Mars identifies an area on the planet that may offer clues about the origin of life on Earth.

«Ancient, deep - water hydrothermal deposits in Eridania basin represent a new category of astrobiological target on Mars,» the report states.

Astrobiologists theorize that, like ancient Earth, life may have emerged around hydrothermal vents located around the moon's submerged rocky core.